so is the line now that even though the biden administrations policies are wildly unpopular there’s no reason to be worried or examine support held for the party because the turnout will make up the difference?

shoo!

You were probably taught in school that democracy is a wondrous ideal thing.

When you become an adult you realize democracy isn’t about voting for who you like the most. It’s about preventing bad people from getting power. You will never get to vote for some ideal perfect person, and even if you did the general muddiness of politics would prevent that person from being able to make the change they want.

Yes, it’s “the line” now. But to be more accurate, it’s always been the line.

Yes, it’s “the line” now. But to be more accurate, it’s always been the line.

You’re not wrong, but also, when one of the parties purposely manipulates your vote by using the premise that you described, because they have a bad candidate, then they’re no better than the other party that are the “bad guys”.

There are more than just two candidates available in the whole United States of America that could run for president.

There are more than just two candidates available in the whole United States of America that could run for president

Yeah and they either decided not to run or were eliminated in the primaries. Ideally I think a ranked choice system would be better than a primary system, but the primaries are a somewhat reasonable approximation, albeit an antiquated one.

The thing about democracy is the winner is the person that gets the most votes, not decided by solely your vote. And you can’t force people to run. Bernie Sanders ran in the 2020 primary and lost to Joe Biden. He decided not to run in this primary. You can be bitter about this, maybe come up with some conspiracy theories about the DNC somehow putting Bernie in duress to keep out of the race. Or do the same for anyone else you prefer.

But the fact is the imperfect run off system of the US electoral system determined it’s Biden vs. Trump again. You can be emotional about how you wanted something different, but it’s not going to change anything. You can be angry at other voters for not choosing different candidates. Still not going to change anything.

And Joe Biden is legit the best President of my lifetime. Not something you’ll hear from content decided by social media algorithms. He’s done a lot despite some bad actors in congress, and he could do more if there were just a few more Dem Senators and a majority in the House. Only criticism I really hear is from either republicans and kids that are ageist and/or learned about foreign policy from TikTok.

You can be emotional about how you wanted something different, but it’s not going to change anything.

You can call someone out for their misdeeds without being emotional about it.

And things should be called out, and not just accepted, because you’re embarrassed someone might want to call you out as being emotional, as a way of ‘killing the messenger’.

And Joe Biden is legit the best President of my lifetime.

You must be young. Or an astroturfer.